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so what do you think chuck hagel would bring? what will be president obama's argument to congress in terms of these hearings that chuck hagel uniquely can bring to that post? >> at one point it was thought that what president obama was seeking was a republican who could help sell difficult defense budget cuts to fellow republicans but that's gone by the boards. i don't see any visible evidence of republican support for their former colleague in the senate. and one of the things that's awkward about this is that we have secretary leon panetta, wht with no timetable. you have a lame duck secretary of defense, hard to make decisions, uncertainty about the future. if barney frank because the interim democratic senator from massachusetts when john kerry is confirmed as secretary of state, you've got somebody who is basically vowed to do whatever it takes to stop the hagel nomination as long as he's in the senate. the prospect is real confusion and uncertainty and the absence of effective active leadership has the department of defense
so what do you think chuck hagel would bring? what will be president obama's argument to congress in terms of these hearings that chuck hagel uniquely can bring to that post? >> at one point it was thought that what president obama was seeking was a republican who could help sell difficult defense budget cuts to fellow republicans but that's gone by the boards. i don't see any visible evidence of republican support for their former colleague in the senate. and one of the things that's...
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behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make. challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. from hagel nomination at the beginning of january to the confirmation hearing we've got plenty of opinion and analysis of his counted us here on our website dot com. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were fanning their anger over fresh pay and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive lawyer george country goes says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up only c. of zero thought that us as its ace i guess that is estates of your state to measure us so we have seen the government to take the medicine measure us that they are and push the deuce another against that he's an addict and now we have seen a door there that when he's very violently against identity peaceful and got into mysteries when it seems the last three or four weeks
behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make. challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. from hagel nomination at the beginning of january to the confirmation hearing we've got plenty of opinion and analysis of his counted us here on our website dot com. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were fanning their anger over fresh pay...
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senate prepares to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief and recent years. the british government raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how shelling out billions of revenues from people's pockets. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the african country concerns are growing over how the conflict is being fought human rights groups and upin and activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout of the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and the western backed troops are now being increasingly accused of war crimes now in the towns liberated by the french army there is also a growing sense of revenge the food filmed by an amateur cameraman apparently shows a mob attacking and mutilating the corpse of a young man whom the crowd suspects of lengths to islamist local reporter gonzalo wants t
senate prepares to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief and recent years. the british government raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how shelling out billions of revenues from people's pockets. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in...
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says here is to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying israeli lobbyists. in mali concerns are growing over how the french government forces are waging the war against islam it's rebels human rights groups and a pad of activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout on the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and a western backed troops are now being accused of war crimes charges go hold of exclusive images allegedly showing government forces atrocities local journalist has this report as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of silver not only did they kill them they shove their bodies into the drinking water well ok to be in the center of the town like the rest of the population watch rules are hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the rule of militants sixteen year old adama says he
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hagel. >> i'm very glad to welcome you back. this is your washington monthly. i must commend you on this terrific magazine devoted to a large extent on what sprang from the career of abraham lincoln, raised history in obama's second term. good luck with the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. >> thank you. >> i commend you. for those hands out there see this. okay. hag gel over hagel. >> he would be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. one of the few secretaries who have been wounded in war, and the first vietnam veteran to lead the department. >> president obama announced this week his choice for secretary of defense. former two-term senator from nebraska, chuck hagel. get this. unlike president obama, the democrat, hagel is a republican. hagel voted for the war in iraq in 2003. senator hagel became a vocal critic of the war's management. also, israel backers are incensed by senator hagel's words really israel. hagel said, "the jewish lobby int
hagel. >> i'm very glad to welcome you back. this is your washington monthly. i must commend you on this terrific magazine devoted to a large extent on what sprang from the career of abraham lincoln, raised history in obama's second term. good luck with the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. >> thank you. >> i commend you. for those hands out there see this. okay. hag gel over hagel. >> he would be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary...
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senate prepares to decide whether to talk hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying as well and bob yes. now our team has secured exclusive images allegedly selling atrocities by france backed government forces in mali as they continue their advance against islamist rebels we also spoke to a local reporter gonzalo watcha who told us what he saw on the ground. as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of war crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of survivor not only did they kill them they shove their bodies into the drinking water well located in the center of the town making the rest of the population watch rules are hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the ruling militants sixteen year old adama says he was unknowingly employed as a cook and butler by jihadists and is now being accused of terrorism. after i stopped working as a cook in the town of do when i went to surveyor there i met a
senate prepares to decide whether to talk hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying as well and bob yes. now our team has secured exclusive images allegedly selling atrocities by france backed government forces in mali as they continue their advance against islamist rebels we also spoke to a local reporter gonzalo watcha who told us what he saw on the ground. as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and...
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channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear iran cagle says military action is not a viable feasible responsible option president obama or secretary of defense chuck hagel is not a responsible option. that ad was sponsored by the emergency committee for israel so what did truck hagel do to deserve that as a u.s. senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because
channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all...
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so the defense of chuck hagel after this hearing has to be something like chuck hagel for secretary of defense, he is not a man of conviction. >> bret: charles? >> his problem isn't the paper trail. the problem is a demonstrated, incredibly remarkable lack of confidence. the two lines of attack up until today were ideological, the content of what he has been saying over the years is the main stream way out there, to the left of obama. as mccain pointed out. he got the surge wrong. the first line is on the content. he has been denying the sense of essence of a dozen statement and idea in the past. >> bret: from the left and the right. on the gay issue, climate change -- >> he has seen the light on dozen issues. challenged in congress. what happened today was shocking, because it showed an astonishing lack of competence. he was wobbly, weak. fumbling. as we saw in the first clip, he didn't, when he said, when he corrects himself, on containment and says you know well, i was wrong about supporting containment, our policy is that we don't have a policy on containment, it showed he has no i
so the defense of chuck hagel after this hearing has to be something like chuck hagel for secretary of defense, he is not a man of conviction. >> bret: charles? >> his problem isn't the paper trail. the problem is a demonstrated, incredibly remarkable lack of confidence. the two lines of attack up until today were ideological, the content of what he has been saying over the years is the main stream way out there, to the left of obama. as mccain pointed out. he got the surge wrong....
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expected from chuck hagel if he becomes america's next defense chief. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office demonstrators were planning their anger over fresh way and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive lord george cukor goes says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up one of the c. of zero tolerance as it sais i guess the that is distance to your state emissions so we've got a scheme to the government to take in medicine measure those but they are unconstitutional i guess the recent psychs and now we have seen door the least very violently against a generally peaceful and calm demonstration when it seemed the last three or four weeks i complain of propaganda try to convince us that now is it worse it's become that there isn't i don't believe that this is true is exactly because we've got a full room this seems set of policies of which thirty minutes of the fourth
expected from chuck hagel if he becomes america's next defense chief. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office demonstrators were planning their anger over fresh way and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive lord george cukor goes says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up one of the c. of zero tolerance as...
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channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercial as of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions. voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear iran. military action is not viable he should be a responsible option president obama or secretary of defense chuck hagel is not responsible option. that ad was sponsored by the emergency committee for israel so what that truck a will do to deserve that as a u.s. senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think
channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercial as of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions. voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options...
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senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel and of quote among other things chuck hagel dared to say that u.s. interests should trump israeli interests if they conflict he supported direct negotiations with iran and unlike many other politicians here in washington who keep repeating the all options on the table mantra but these publicly they say that the chuck hagel has been straightforward in saying a strike on iran should not be an option and he has also been a proponent of a more even handed u.s. policy with regards to these really palestinian conflict and the u.s. has been anything but even handed on the issue it's also for statements like this one that he's been on. take a look this is chuck hagel in two thousand and six the united states will remain committed
senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel and of quote among other things chuck hagel dared to say that u.s. interests should trump israeli interests if they conflict he...
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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel kept repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel kept repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united state
in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense...
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had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. for british m.p.'s who was stressed or depressed online we got the story of why politicians will soon be getting free mental health treatment without even having to leave westminster. plus a top secret document surfaces revealing his plans for military involvement and money dot com we lift the lid on the plans of the world's most feared terror network. libya is braced for fresh unrest the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi is being held under the threat of violence security is tight and foreign i
had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in...
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chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous speeds. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said no way our top story this hour chuck hagel is now officially the u.s. defense secretary but only after being narrowly approved by the senate he's been under fire from fellow republicans for his past criticism of the iraq war and the israeli lobby with some believing he could also be too soft on iraq it's also just two days before billions of dollars in budget cuts are scheduled to hit the military can now on the clash on capitol hill. chuck hagel was conf
chuck hagel narrowly wins u.s. senate approval to become the new defense secretary but his policies draw fire from capitol hill especially among his own fellow republicans. italy upsets the austerity apple cart as voters say no to more cuts but leave parliament in turmoil raising fears the country's political crisis will negatively impact the euro. and how's this for a minor traffic of fat the shocking video posted by a russian comp all of their eight year old daughter driving and dangerous...
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says here is to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying israeli lobbyists. in mali concerns are growing over how the french government forces are waging the war against islam it's rebels human rights groups and independent activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout on the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and a western backed troops are now being accused of war crimes are to go hold of exclusive images allegedly showing government forces atrocities local journalist has this report as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of saddam not only did they kill them they shove their bodies into the drinking water well ok but in the center of the town like in the rest of the population watch rules are hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the rule of militants or sixteen year old adama s
says here is to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying israeli lobbyists. in mali concerns are growing over how the french government forces are waging the war against islam it's rebels human rights groups and independent activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout on the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and a western backed troops are now being accused of war...
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senate prepares to decide on whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief in recent years. the british government's raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how a shelling out billions in revenues from people's pockets. is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the african country concerns are growing over how the conflict is being fought human rights groups and a pan and activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout on the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and the western backed troops are now being increasingly accused of war crimes now in the towns liberated by the french army there is also a growing sense of revenge the food filmed by an amateur cameraman apparently shows a mob attacking and mutilating the corpse of a young man whom the crowd suspects of links to islamist local reporter told r.t. about atro
senate prepares to decide on whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief in recent years. the british government's raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how a shelling out billions in revenues from people's pockets. is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the...
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had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. help is at hand for british m.p.'s who is stressed or depressed online we've got the story of why politicians will soon be getting free mental health treatment without even having to leave westminster. plus a top secret documents surfaces revealing his plans for military involvement in money dot com we lift the lid on the plans of the world's most feared terror network. libya is braced for fresh unrest the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi is being held under the threat of violence security is t
had said previously that there is too much war talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in...
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burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is not appeasement engagement is not sure under so no direct negotiations with iran here's another example of how chuck hagel had to walk back on some of his previous statements at one time he said and this is become a famous quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of is world and of quote here's chuck hagel during this confirmation hearing noted that i. that i should have used another term and i'm sorry and i regret i mean do your use of intimidation.
burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is...
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general dempsey, secretary hagel, secretary kerry, thank you for being here today. we're here to learn more about a very serious issue, an united states strike on syria. as member of the house armed services, as a 3 31-year vetera, and as a father of a son who is serving in the united states military i'm concerned about what we're hearing today. i have many questions about the proposed strikes, risk to our military, families, and allies, particularly israel, jordan, turkey, and iraq. secretary hagel, some have characterized the strike as a pinprick that will not prevent president assad from resuming his use of chemical weapons. how sure are you to degrade his abilities what will you do if he resumes these weapons and where do these weapons come from? >> congressman, thank you for your service and for your son's service. i can assure you on the first point you made i can speak for general dempsey and all of our military leaders that there is no higher purpose that we all have nor more significant responsibility than the protection of our men and women who serve in un
general dempsey, secretary hagel, secretary kerry, thank you for being here today. we're here to learn more about a very serious issue, an united states strike on syria. as member of the house armed services, as a 3 31-year vetera, and as a father of a son who is serving in the united states military i'm concerned about what we're hearing today. i have many questions about the proposed strikes, risk to our military, families, and allies, particularly israel, jordan, turkey, and iraq. secretary...
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nuclear arsenal that isn't self is very important you know chuck hagel is not a peacenik chuck hagel is not anyone i would want in charge of the military in charge and state department charge of any of those but it's relative relative to other members of the senate relative to other potential. candidates he represents a very different set of possibilities i think that we would be mistaken to assume that because he has signed on to the call for nuclear weapons that he will in fact . even argue within the cabinet to reduce dramatically the number of nuclear weapons but i think it's important that he is not someone who wants to escalate nuclear threats by the united states he is someone who recognizes that you cannot speak only of nonproliferation for others if you don't speak of disarmament or yourself. he's going to have a quite a challenge with wrapping up the lengthy and painful u.s. military campaign in afghanistan is he up to the job i mean he's not your first candidate but can he do it. i don't think the issue is his capacity i think you know that this is a political position whe
nuclear arsenal that isn't self is very important you know chuck hagel is not a peacenik chuck hagel is not anyone i would want in charge of the military in charge and state department charge of any of those but it's relative relative to other members of the senate relative to other potential. candidates he represents a very different set of possibilities i think that we would be mistaken to assume that because he has signed on to the call for nuclear weapons that he will in fact . even argue...
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senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel end of quote among other things chuck hagel dared to say that u.s. interests should trump israeli interests if they conflict he supported direct negotiations with iran and unlike many other politicians here in washington who keep repeating the all options on the table mantra but these publicly they say that the chuck hagel has been straightforward in saying a strike on iran should not be an option and he has also been a proponent of a more even handed u.s. policy with regards to these really palestinian conflict and the u.s. has been anything but even handed on the issue it's also for statements like this one that he's been under attack take a look this is chuck hagel in two thousand and six the united states will remain c
senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel end of quote among other things chuck hagel dared to say that u.s. interests should trump israeli interests if they conflict he...
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a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hagel has done one senator said he almost had tears
a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through...
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had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. the british government's programme of cuts has resulted in a drastic drop in the number of police officers to the lowest level in over a decade and radical reform package is already sparked many security questions or he had a chance to ask m.p.'s on both sides of the argument if the fears are reasonable. in the number of police offices up to the lowest levels for eleven years is the impact of a twenty percent cut and whitehall funding to police budgets takes effect which is think more about these. joined by conserva
had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many...